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141552
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For decades, the partnership between Egypt and the United States was a linchpin of the American role in the Middle East. Today, it is a mere vestige of a bygone era. There are no longer any compelling reasons for Washington to sustain especially close ties with Cairo. What was once a powerfully symbolic alliance with clear advantages for both sides has become a nakedly transactional relationship—and one that benefits the Egyptians more than the Americans. The time has come for both sides to recognize that reality and for the United States to fundamentally alter its approach to Egypt: downgrading the priority it places on the relationship, reducing the level of economic and military support it offers Cairo, and more closely tying the aid it does deliver to political, military, and economic reforms that would make Egypt a more credible partner.
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133462
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During a private conversation following Egypt's bitterly contested and closely fought presidential election of 2012, a Western diplomat marveled, naively, at the multitudes of veiled women who had come out to support the old regime's candidate, the avowedly anti-Islamist figure of Ahmed Shafik. It was during this campaign that strongly held anti-Islamist themes were aired widely and used to mount a campaign against the potent, often bigoted, Muslim Brotherhood. Many of these same views were advanced in support of the military's removal of the Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi, victorious candidate for the presidency and, with his electoral victory, successor to President Hosni Mubarak.
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ID:
141123
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Fears of Iranian ambitions predate the establishment of the Islamic Republic in 1979. Such anxiety certainly increased after Iran’s early efforts to export its revolution abroad, but fear of Iranian influence has been a constant feature of the modern Middle East. For the United States and its partners, Iran’s role in the region became once again a predominant concern following the 2003 Iraq War, widely perceived to have removed the last Sunni buffer against Shia Iran. As American forces battled Iranian-backed militias in Iraq, Arab neighbours fretted about the growing ‘Shia crescent’ enveloping the region. Subsequent shocks, most significantly the Arab uprisings of 2011, have only reinforced the prevailing view that Iran is fulfilling its ambition to be the region’s hegemon. With many concerned that the Vienna nuclear deal will further strengthen Iran’s regional power, it is time to reassess the conventional wisdom.
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094275
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